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Old 05-26-2015, 06:11 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Someone posted on Reddit that the gun trucks we drove in Afghanistan only got 2 MPG. When I learned how to operate my fuel truck, we were told that it had a range of 600 miles on its 300-gallon tank--then we would need to refill from our 2,500-gallon tank. Gun trucks were big, I just did not understand why they would get the same mileage as cargo trucks, which were far larger.
600hp of 2 stroke superturbocharged 8 wheel drive lockers on sand with 50,000lbs doesn't do too well.

Ah well.
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